Head of a Drowned Woman (after Shunei)

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From a seemingly random selection of objects, Malde creates a visual poem. As he wrote in 1995: 'Photographs are windows into other worlds and other times, and as such, are capable of generating magic...certain placements of day to day events and objects can, if seen by the attuned eye, be revelatory and magical'. This is a platinum print, which has allowed the photographer to give a subtle effect to the details of the picture, from the scattered cellophane wrappings through the flowers to the ridges of the rough ground.

Platinum

Prints made on unsurfaced paper, containing light-sensitive iron salts and a platinum compound.

Platinum

Details

Acc. No.PGP 100.8

MediumPlatinum print

Size16.60 x 22.60 cm

CreditPurchased 1987

Pradip Malde (British / American, born 1957)

Pradip Malde was born in Arusha, Tanzania. His parents were of east Indian origin but had emigrated to east Africa. He has lived and worked in India, Spain, Britain and the United States. After graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1980 he lived in Orkney for four years and then taught at Napier University in Edinburgh. Throughout this period, Malde experimented with the platinum printing process. Since moving to the United States he has continued to explore photographic processing, teaching an innovative 'Chemistry and Art' course at a university in Tennessee.